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Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis says he regrets not talking out much more forcefully towards a federal COVID-19 lockdown early on through the pandemic in 2020, saying he did not perceive how in depth the measures would grow to be.
DeSantis' made his remarks throughout his look on "Ruthless," a common conservative podcast that aired Friday, when requested what choices he would change throughout his tenure as governor.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in Orlando, Fla., Nov. 5, 2018.
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DESANTIS SAYS ROBERTS AND KAVANAUGH LACKED 'BACKBONE' IN RULING ON VACCINE MANDATE FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS
"When COVID was first coming, you know, we were actually engaged in it," DeSantis mentioned. "I was telling Trump, ‘Stop the flights from China' because we didn't know what we were dealing with. But you know, I never thought in February, early March, that it would lead to locking down the country. I just didn’t. I didn't think that was on the radar."
DeSantis instructed the choice to lock down a superb majority of the nation amid issues over the unfold of COVID-19 got here with no warning.
Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida, speaks whereas Vice President Mike Pence, second left, listens throughout a information convention in Tampa, Fla., July 2, 2020.
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"I had Pence and the CDC director down at Port Everglades talking about cruise ships, the second week of March, and no one was talking about shutting down the country," the governor informed the hosts. He additionally mentioned if he had recognized the large lockdown "was a threat earlier," he would "have been much louder" in his opposition to lockdown measures.
DeSantis additionally took intention at Dr. Anthony Fauci, accusing Fauci of counting on knowledge from China that was not "trustworthy" as federal lockdown orders took the nation by storm.
"People like Fauci panicked," DeSantis mentioned as he expressed frustration with the lockdown measures. "They were following the data out of China, which is not trustworthy."
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks on the opening of a monoclonal antibody website Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Pembroke Pines, Fla.
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"Fauci funded them at the Wuhan lab, and he lied about it," DeSantis added. "Why is he not being prosecuted for lying to Congress?"
Throughout his look on the podcast, DeSantis additionally knocked Supreme Courtroom justices John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh for missing a "backbone" of their choice on the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for sure well being care employees.
"On the nurse mandate and the doctor mandate, Roberts and Kavanaugh joined with the liberals to allow the nurse mandate," DeSantis mentioned.
Daily Post' Houston Keene contributed to this text.
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